Child&#39;s apron



G. M. HOVEY CHILDS APRON Aug. 18, 1936.

Filed Sept. 30, 1955 & n: w

IN VENTOR. Gerfrude M Home y lllll llllllll ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT macs 5 Claims.

This invention relates to wearing apparel and particularly aprons of the character worn by children for the purpose of protecting their garments during play or at meal times, and the pri- 5 mary object of the invention is to provide such an apron that will be easy to place and remove and which will'have, as a part of its structure, supporting members of distinctive characteristics whereby the child may place and remove the 10 apron itself.

One of the important aims of this invention is to provide an apron structure, having as a part thereof, unique, novel and pleasant appearing parts, all of which are related and specifically de- 15 signed to insure positive placement, strength of parts and ease in disassembling the elements of the structure whereby the fabric or other material used may be laundered or otherwise cleaned.

2,0 A still further object of this invention is the provision of a childs apron, wherein is embodied unique supporting members in the form of difierently colored cords that are secured to the body of the apron merely by knotting said cords; the g5 distinctive colors of the cords employed serving the purpose of rendering it possible for the. child to place the supporting members and the entire apron in the proper position upon its body without the manipulation of buttons, buckles, snaps 30 or other types of securement that have commonly been employed in garments of this character.

With these broad objects and minor objects in Figure 1 is a front view of the apron embodying this invention in the operative positon on the body'of the wearer.

40 Fig. 2 is a back view of the wearer shown in' Fig. 1, illustrating the position of the supportng members forming a part of this novel apron structure.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, plan View of the back of 45 the apron.

Fig. 4 is a cross section of the apron, taken on line IV--IV of Fig. 3, and,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, fragmentary, sectional view taken on line V-V of Fig. 3.

5 I have found that children in kindergarten and lower grades of the schools are supplied with protecting garments such as aprons during the pursuance of certain courses in their program of study and a considerable amount of time is 55 lost because the child is unable to place an apron on himself without assistance. It is intended that an apron embodying this invention be moved to and from the operative position after once showing the child that the supporting members of particular character or color, should be placed over the head or under the arms, as the casemay be, and as will be more fully hereinafter-set down. The preferred embodiment of this invention permits the creation of an apron having a single piece of material such as fabric or oilcloth, that is formed to present a main central panel 6 and a secondary panel 8, disposed along each lon gi-I tudinal edge respectively of said centraLmain panel 6. Panel 6 extends longitudinally alongbeyond one end of the secondary panel 8 to ere. I

ate a bid portion at the upper part of the apron, which has a hem l0 formed therearound at the edges thereof, as illustrated in Fig. 3. This, hem I0 is of substantial width and eifectivelyreenforces that portion of panel. Bfor the pur: 2Q pose of receiving grommets l2 that reen force theholes which are first formedthrough hem'lll.

A longitudinally extending plait l 4 is formed in the material making up the main part. of the,v apron along the meeting lines of the main and 5 secondary panels 6 and 8. This plait is of ap-p preciable width as illustrated in Fig. Land iscreated by rebending the shorter portions of the piece of fabric upon themselves so that the lower portion of the body of the apron will flare when .therefore, that grommetsl2 and grommets 20 extend, through two and three thicknesses re- 40' spectively of the material forming the panels of the apron body. The seriesof grommets em f ployed in the structure are arranged in vertical and horizontal alignment so that secondary.- panels 8 are free to conform to the contour of the underlying garment of the wearer.

The unique supporting members are in the form of cords or similar elements 22 and 24, the ends of which extend through grommets I2 and 20 respectively. The ends of member 22 are knotted as at 26 and the ends of cord 24 are knotted as at 28. These knots are quickly tied and untied and are .efiective as means for connecting the supporting members with the body of the apron. When it is desired to launder the soiled fabric formingthe apron body, theseknots are merely untied and supporting members are dissociated. A slide 30 interconnects members 22 and 24 intermediate'their ends so that the members are held together at the back, as shown in Fig. 2. In practice, it has been found desirable to use a red cord 22 and to make cord 24 ofblue material so that the child may be taught to put the apron on 'bytelling him that red goes over the headiand blue undenthe arms: Obviously, no

, buttons or other-fastening members are involved it will be comfortably held in place. 'If'desirah'le c the edges of panels may be provided with decoras and when the apron is in position as illustrated,

tive fringe 32 and other. modifications and changes of specific structure will'occurhto'one skilled in the art;

Having thus described the invention, what'is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patentis: V Y i 1''; A'rr apron' of the character described; comprisingjapiecef'ofmaterialflfq 'mi a protectin member when worn having-an upper-and a lower pair'oriholes formed' therethrough adjacent one end thereof: grommets reenforcing the material atjthe holesya cord extending through the upper pairofholes'tonpassing over the shoulders of the wearer'h'aving'knots formed in the ends thereof to precludeaccidental removal from the holes; and another cord. passing through the lower 7 pair of holes".for extending around the waist of the wearerhaving knots formed in the ends thereof free; 1

f 2; apron: ofthe character described com-j prising" af singlepiece. of material formed to present a main centraijpanel'anda secondary panel. along: eachlongitudinaledge' respectively of the said piece of material plait's' form d flin the said pieeegoffmaterial.along. the meeting lines of the. main and secondary panels to permit. flaring; of;

the-"piece offrnaterialfiorming the panels, said mairr centratpan'el "extending longitudinally beyondi'the upper "ends' of; said secondary panels ;1 a

hemioffappreciable width formed around the" edges of fthe extended portionof'-saidcentral V naneljg grommets:secured throughthe hem'ofthe extendedj portion and the main and secondary. panels .atthepla'its; .an'd supporting members extendingjthrough the said' grommets;

3.-Anapron ofthe character'described. com- 1 prising a single piece olf material formed to p1 8? sent a main central panel and 'a secondary panel along each longitudinal edge respectively 1 of the said piece of material; plaitsf ormed'jin the. said 7 piece ofmaterial along the" meeting linesof; the

main andsecondarypanelstopermit flaring of the piece off material forming thepanels, said main'centralpanel extending longitudinally be-v yond the upper ends 01 said secondary panels; a

hem of appreciable widthformed around the edges of the extended portion of said central panel; grommets secured through the hem of the extended portion and the main and secondary 5 I panels at the plaits; and supporting members ex tending through the saidgrommets, said supportingv members comprising cords having knots formed therein and engaging the grommets at the outer face-of the apron: r

i. An-apron of the character described comprising a single piece of material formed to prei sent a main central panel and a laterally extending secondary panel along each longitudinal edge respectively of the said piece of material; plaits 15 formedlnthel-zsaid piece of material along the meeting lines of the main andsecondary panels to permit flaring cf the piece of material forming r the" panels, said main central panel extending longitudinally beyond the upper ends of said sec- 20 ondary panels; grommets secured through the L material, forming; the. main. and'f the secondary panels .atthe plaits' respectively; and supporting, members .extending through: the said gromme'ts, W

saidgrommetsjbeing.disposedtopresent an upper 29 mets andeachendi having a kno'ttormed therein,

the uppermember-adapted to extend over the I shoulders ofthe wearer'andthe lower member adapted to extend under the arms of theQwearenf? 5; An apron ofthe character; described com prising a. single piece of 'material formed to present a main central panel and a secondary panel alongeach longitudinal. edge respectively ofthe a Y said piece ofmaterial; plaitsiormed'in the said 40 piece: of materi'alialong the meeting lines. of the main and secondary panelsgto permit flaring/ofthe piece of material forming the panels, said main central .panel extending longitudinally beyondthe'upper endsjof said secondary panels; a hem of appreciable width "formed around theed'ges of the extended i portion .of said central panel; grommets.securedthrough.the hem of the extended" portion and the main and secondary" V panels at the fplaits; and supporting members. extending through the said grommets, said groin? mets beingdisposed to present an upper pair and:

ajlower pair, the. said supporting members being. an upper and; a. lower member having. their respective ends extended through the correspond-' mg; pairof grommets and each end having a knot formed therein, the upper member adapted to ex. tend over the shoulders of the 1 wearer. and the lower. memberadapted to extend under. the arms of fthe wearer, said supportingmembers. havingla rigid. slide. holding them in side by :side, parallel relation intermediate the ends thereof;

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